"Haah, excuses," Saori said, dismissively. The small blue-haired girl floating in the air did not make a comment of her own. "It doesn't matter how many of you are, just fighting with all these people laying about could've caused some trouble. Leave the big ones to us and handle the small fry, they're more your speed."

Saori flashed a rather smug grin, and Akane found her heart burning with indignation. Why? Why did she think... Magical girls were supposed to be about protecting people and justice, right? Of course they were! So why did the rabbit-eared magical girl think that making all these comments was okay? They were all on the same side, weren't they?! So... so... Of course, Akane couldn't have been a magical girl fan without knowing that magical girls sometimes fought one another. So... there weren't always all on the same side, but this had been a Negari, wasn't it enough that they freed everyone in there?!

"We... we still freed everyone inside it!" Akane attempted a retort. Saori rolled her eyes.

"Like we wouldn't have? You low-rankers are real losers," the girl commented, with a wave of her hand. "And you, dragon girl, Off to a pretty shameful start with all that, huh? Taking on one of the big ones and not even being able to finish it off..."

"I... wh-what?"

Saori cocked her head to one side with a grin.

"Bye-bye."

Shiroyuri formed a platform of light beneath Saori's feet, and both of them floated into the air. Before Akane could say much else, they'd already vanished from view.

"... I... I did my best..." Akane said, hands fiddling with the hilt of her sword, her tail twitching. Her fairy fluttered out, glaring in the direction that the two girls had gone.